ALAN RAWSTHORNE
Rawsthorne: String Quartets Nos 1-3 / Theme and Variations David Angel (Violin) / Laurence Jackson (Violin) / Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] "Rawsthorne fans will definitely want this disc and those of you interested in 20th century modernism in music might want to try this as well" (MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (complete opera from the Metropolitan) Eric Owens, Angel Blue, Latonia Moore, Golda Schultz, Denyce Graves, Frederick Ballentine / David Robertson (cond) [ Warner Classics Metropolitan Opera / 3 CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "Authoritative and gripping ... The magnificent bass-baritone Eric Owens gives one of the finest performances of his distinguished career … The sumptuously voiced soprano Angel Blue is radiant." New York Times |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Andre Previn: The Warner Edition André Previn (conductor & piano), with Itzhak Perlman (violin) Paul Tortelier (cello) Radu Lupu, Christina Ortiz (pianos) Angel Romero (guitar) etc [ Warner Classics / 96 CD Box Set - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Conductor, pianist, composer and media personality, André Previn excelled in a diversity of musical genres and idioms. A child prodigy in his native Berlin, he moved to the USA in 1939 and made his early career in Hollywood. |
Angel Olsen
Aisles EP (12") [ Jagjaguwar / 12in - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Angel Olsen presents the Aisles EP, comprised of head turning covers of '80s classics and the debut release on her new Jagjaguwar imprint somethingscosmic. The EP features ambitious takes on five covers, including "Gloria" (Laura Branigan), plus... |
Angel Olsen
All Mirrors [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Olsen's bold and unexpected All Mirrors comes over three years after the release of My Woman, a top 10 critically praised album of 2016. On her vulnerable new album, All Mirrors, Olsen takes an introspective deep dive towards internal destinations... |
Angel Olsen
All Mirrors (Double Gatefold LP) [ Jagjaguwar / 2 LP - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Olsen's bold and unexpected All Mirrors comes over three years after the release of My Woman, a top 10 critically praised album of 2016. On her vulnerable new album, All Mirrors, Olsen takes an introspective deep dive towards internal destinations... |
Angel Olsen
Big Time [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] Fresh grief, like fresh love, has a way of sharpening our vision and bringing on painful clarifications. No matter how temporary we know these states to be, the vulnerability and transformation they demand can overpower the strongest among us. Then... |
Angel Olsen
Big Time (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / 2 LP - released 3/Jun/2022 ] Fresh grief, like fresh love, has a way of sharpening our vision and bringing on painful clarifications. No matter how temporary we know these states to be, the vulnerability and transformation they demand can overpower the strongest among us. Then... |
Angel Olsen
Big Time (Limited Edition Double Gatefold LP) [ Jagjaguwar / 2 LP - released 3/Jun/2022 ] Opaque Pink vinyl. Fresh grief, like fresh love, has a way of sharpening our vision and bringing on painful clarifications. No matter how temporary we know these states to be, the vulnerability and transformation they demand can overpower the... |
Angel Olsen
Burn Your Fire For No Witness (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 14/Mar/2014 ] On her newest LP, 'Burn Your Fire for No Witness', Angel Olsen sings with full-throated exultation, admonition, and bold, expressive melody. With the help of producer John Congleton, her music now crackles with a churning, rumbling low end and a... |
Angel Olsen
Forever Means EP [ Jagjaguwar / 12in - released 14/Apr/2023 ] Last year's Big Time brought Angel Olsen to a deeper, truer sense of self than ever before. Borne from the twin stars of grief and love, the album delivered a beautiful sense of certainty, the sure-footed sound of an artist fully, finally at home... |
Angel Olsen
Forever Means EP (Limited Edition 12") [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 14/Apr/2023 ] Last year's Big Time brought Angel Olsen to a deeper, truer sense of self than ever before. Borne from the twin stars of grief and love, the album delivered a beautiful sense of certainty, the sure-footed sound of an artist fully, finally at home... |
Angel Olsen
My Woman [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] 'My Woman' is lovingly put together as a proper A-side and a B-side, featuring the punchier, more pop/rock-oriented songs up front, and the longer, more reflective tracks towards the end. The rollicking 'Shut Up Kiss Me', for example, appears... |
Angel Olsen
My Woman (LP) [ Jagjaguwar LP / LP - released 2/Sep/2016 ] 'My Woman' is lovingly put together as a proper A-side and a B-side, featuring the punchier, more pop/rock-oriented songs up front, and the longer, more reflective tracks towards the end. The rollicking 'Shut Up Kiss Me', for example, appears... |
Angel Olsen
Phases (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 10/Nov/2017 ] How do you best describe Angel Olsen? From the lo-fi, sparse folk-melancholy of her 2010 EP, Strange Cacti, to the electrified, polished rock 'n' roll bursting from 2016's beloved and acclaimed MY WOMAN, Olsen has refused to succumb to a single... |
Angel Olsen
Whole New Mess [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] At least nine of the eleven songs on Whole New Mess should sound familiar to anyone who has heard All Mirrors, Olsen's grand 2019 masterpiece that earned high honours on prestigious year-end lists and glossy spreads in stylish magazines. "Lark,"... |
Angel Olsen
Whole New Mess (Limited Edition LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 28/Aug/2020 ] At least nine of the eleven songs on Whole New Mess should sound familiar to anyone who has heard All Mirrors, Olsen's grand 2019 masterpiece that earned high honours on prestigious year-end lists and glossy spreads in stylish magazines. "Lark,"... |
VIVALDI / TELEMANN / CIMAROSA / HANDEL / CORELLI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Baroque At Bathtime Celin Romero (guitar) Heinz Holliger (oboe) Iona Brown (violin) Angel Romero (guitar) Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute, and various artists [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 13/Jan/2002 ] A relaxing serenade to wash your cares away! |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3 / Momoprecace / Fantasia for soprano saxophone / Guitar Concerto / etc Cristina Ortiz / John Harle / Angel Romero / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] "A qualified recommendation then...if you want value for money you can't really go wrong with this set... the delectable Mômoprecóce on the first disc and much of the music on the second is well worth adding to your collection." MusicWeb |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: La Resurrezione Lucy Crowe (Angel), Sophie Bevan (Mary Magdalene), Iestyn Davies (Mary Cleophas), Hugo Hymas (John the Evangelist), The English Concert [ Linn Records / 2 CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] "Bicket and his stellar cast embrace Handel's radical approach, turning sacred figures into intensely dramatic ones. Handel gave instruments their own actor-like parts, which The English Concert deliver ravishingly." BBC Recording of Month July 22 |